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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1959
Page
9
Weekly cattle and hog market summary from Lancaster Yards notes supplies, price ranges, and changes from last week. Slaughter steers dominated receipts with varied gains and losses. cows, bulls, stockers, and calves posted mixed results. Hog and lamb trading showed week-to-week shifts with overall softer veal and lamb values.
A partial reader OCR shows several suppliers and locations in Pennsylvania. Entries include Chas J McComsey & Sons in Hickory Hill, N G Hershey & Son in Manheim, Farmersville Equipment Co in Ephrata, J B Lapp in Atglen, and R D 1 through R D 2 designations indicating rural delivery routes.
Chicago July 23 local cattle receipts show small week to week change and 10 no change from last year. Receipts uneven with two thirds from Monday and lighter supplies on Tuesday and Wednesday. holdovers push slaughter steer availability up while clearance remains solid. Prime share steady at seven percent with 25 percent choice and 65 percent good plus, weights mostly 1100 to 1300 pounds and avg around 1155. Trading on steers above 1100 pounds is slow overall.
July 23 market receipts reached 737 cattle and 322 calves with active cow demand. Steer prices held steady to soft, with heavy and plain cattle uneven. cows off 1. Bulls down 50 to 1. Stocker and feeder steers slow, prime calves steady to higher. July 23 dairy sale set year’s largest cow run at 203, with nine stock heifers and five stock bulls amid strong cow activity and higher prices.
Weights only moderately active. Steers over 1100 pounds were sharply lower Monday but rose Wednesday to partially regain losses. Steers under 1100 pounds and heifers sold lower Monday with a stronger to higher trend later in the week. Page 5.
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